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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BIME Analytics (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    BIME, which was acquired by Zendesk, was a customer analytics platform that helped businesses measure and understand the customer experience from customer data. The product has been discontinued.

    $490

    Per Month (Billed Annually)

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    Base Plan
    $490
    Per Month (Billed Annually)
    Big Data
    $690
    Per Month (Billed Annually)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    96 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    Features
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Customizable dashboards10.01 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates10.01 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.01 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities10.01 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration10.01 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web10.01 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.01 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.01 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.01 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization10.01 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.01 Ratings9.0121 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.01 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.0111 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access10.01 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.793 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of BIME Analytics (discontinued) and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    8% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.956 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BIME Analytics (discontinued)Microsoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Well suited if you need to create multiple reports and send them out easily to multiple clients. It is not well suited if you need a lot of data sources. It slows the product way down and makes reports take forever to load.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Easy to create reports
    • Easy to edit
    • Easy to customize
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • It was SLOW!
    • Some of the graphs can be confusing
    • Not really set up for a single vertical company.
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    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    BIME was more accurate with sending out reports than RavenTools, and had a lot more customizable options. GDS has suited us well though, because it integrates with a lot of different platforms and allows us to deliver our reporting for no additional cost.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
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    Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow